Zoning Classifications

Draft Classifications

Unity Park Neighborhood District Code (UPNDC)

The public will have the opportunity to review the latest draft of the proposed Unity Park Neighborhood District Code during two drop-in style open house events scheduled for Monday, Sept. 16 and Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019. The meetings will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Greenville Water's Community Room, 517 W. Washington St.

The same information will be shared at each Open House. Members of the public will be able to provide input and comments on a strategy for affordable housing near Unity Park, on the more than eight acres of city-owned property that have been reserved for this purpose. Representatives from the Greenville Housing Fund will be seeking guidance on a number of key issues, including the type, style and cost of the housing.

Current Classifications

R-6: Single-family residential districtThe R-6 district is intended to preserve and encourage single-family residential development with a minimum lot size of 6,000 square feet.

R-9: Single-family residential districtThe R-9 district is intended to preserve and encourage single-family residential development with a minimum lot size of 9,000 square feet.

RM-1: Single-family and multifamily residential districtThe RM-1 district is intended to encourage a mixture of low-density and medium-density housing types, including multifamily units, townhouses, single-family detached, and single-family attached dwellings. The maximum density for multifamily development is ten units per acre.

RM-1.5: Single-family and multifamily residential districtThe RM-1.5 district is intended to encourage a mixture of low-density and medium-density housing types, including multifamily units, townhouses, single-family detached, and single-family attached dwellings. The maximum density for multifamily development is 15 units per acre.

RM-2: Single-family and multifamily residential districtThe RM-2 district is intended to encourage a mixture of medium-density housing types, including multifamily units, townhouses, single-family detached, and single-family attached dwellings. The maximum density for multifamily development is 20 units per acre.

RM-3: Single-family and multifamily residential districtThe RM-3 district is intended to encourage a mixture of medium-density to high-density housing types, including multifamily units, high-rise multifamily units, townhouses, single-family detached, and single-family attached dwellings. The maximum density for multifamily development is 20 units per acre.

OD: Office and institutional districtThe OD district is intended to provide for a wide variety of professional and business offices and institutions.

C-1: Neighborhood commercial districtThe C-1 district is intended to provide convenience shopping areas and professional offices within which the daily needs of the surrounding neighborhood can be satisfied.

C-2: Local commercial districtThe C-2 district is intended to provide a limited range of general retail, business, and service uses as well as professional and business offices, but not intensive business or industrial activities, to persons living in surrounding neighborhoods.

S-1: Service districtThe S-1 district is intended to accommodate service-related uses, light manufacturing, and general commercial uses which may have large buildings and outdoor storage requirements.

I-1: Industrial districtThe I-1 district is intended to primarily accommodate those uses of a manufacturing and industrial nature and secondary, functionally related uses, such as distribution, storage, and processing.

PD: Planned development districtThe planned development district (PD) is intended to encourage innovative land planning and site design concepts that conform to community quality-of-life benchmarks and that achieve a high level of aesthetics, high-quality development, environmental sensitivity, energy efficiency, and other community goals.

RDV: Redevelopment districtThe intent of the redevelopment district (RDV) is to promote appropriate investment and development in areas that are depressed or underdeveloped.

PO: Preservation overlay districtThe city recognizes that the historic and architectural resources of the city are among its most important assets, and uses district-specific development standards.

NRO: Neighborhood revitalization overlay districtThe purpose of the neighborhood revitalization overlay district (NRO) is to enhance the compatibility of new development with design guidelines established for each neighborhood master plan approved by city council.

SSOD: Special Sign Overlay DistrictThe purpose of the special sign overlay district (SSOD) is to address the size and type of freestanding signs allowed without changing the base zoning classification of properties to which it is applied.

SFHA: Special flood hazard area overlay districtThe special flood hazard area overlay district (SFHA) is established to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare by minimizing public and private losses resulting from flood conditions in specific areas of the city.

FRD: Flexible Review DistrictThe FRD is intended to provide design and use flexibility to allow development and redevelopment of properties that is compatible with the existing character of the area as set forth by the city's comprehensive plan.